Afghanistan
Trump pushes to recover ‘billions of dollars’ of military equipment left behind in Afghanistan withdrawal (FOX News)
Trump says he wants to get back the military equipment left in Afghanistan after chaotic troop withdrawal in 2021 (The Independent)
Trump wants generals involved in Afghanistan withdrawal fired (The Hill
Heavy snowfall and rain kill 36 people and injure 40 across Afghanistan (AP)
Inside the Taliban’s surveillance network monitoring millions (BBC)
BBC pays ‘Taliban propaganda wing’ so it can broadcast in Afghanistan (The Telegraph)
Trump’s Approach to Afghanistan Is Already Limited (Foreign Policy – opinion)
Pakistan
Members of the US Congress urges Marco Rubio to secure the release of Imran Khan (ExBulletin)
Pakistan consumer inflation to remain stable in February, says finance ministry (Reuters)
India
India Weighs Tariff Cuts on Cars, Chemicals as Trump Duties Loom (Bloomberg)
India assessing Trump threat for tariffs on steel, aluminium, official says (Reuters)
Why Trump’s F-35 offer signals closer U.S.-India ties (Axios)
India-EU trade talks: tariffs, market access, regulatory clashes in focus (Reuters)
EU chief makes India trip as bloc woos Modi (Nikkei Asia)
Why the EU is reaching out to India in search of new friends (Financial Times)
India exploring critical minerals in Zambia, Congo and Australia, official says (Reuters)
India and Latin America tighten ties to diversify trade (Deutsche Welle)
Indians throng last day of Maha Kumbh festival that drew 663 million (Reuters)
Modi Faces Fire for Accepting Trump’s Deportees (Wall Street Journal – opinion)
NSB
Sri Lanka’s 2025 Budget: Balancing IMF Commitments and Domestic Priorities (The Diplomat)
Sri Lanka Reports Massive Tolls In Human-elephant Conflicts (Agence France-Presse)
Central Asia
US Shows Interest In Bolstering Ties With Central Asian States (EurasiaNet)
Climate crisis revives Soviet hydro plan in Central Asia (Agence France-Presse)
Caspian pipeline oil exports on schedule, Kazakhstan says (Reuters)
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Finalize Border Agreement (The Diplomat)
U.S. charges Tajik man living in New York with conspiring to help ISIS (CBS News)
Feds charge Tajik man living in Brooklyn with conspiring to help ISIS (USA Today)
Indo-Pacific
Uzbekistan, Pakistan pledge to advance proposed railway link via Afghanistan (VOA)
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